Legal Opinion

State v. Cohen

Supreme Court of New Hampshire

Decided May 1, 1906PublishedCited by 28 opinions

Appeal, from the police court of Concord. The defendant was charged in a complaint with being a dealer in, and the keeper of a shop for the purchase and sale of, old junk, etc., in Concord, September 29, 1905, without a license, and was adjudged guilty by the police court. The following facts were agreed to by the parties: Chapter 124, Public Statutes, as amended by chapter 76, Laws of 1905, was in force in Concord, and the defendant had no license thereunder.

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Appeal, from the police court of Concord. The defendant was charged in a complaint with being a dealer in, and the keeper of a shop for the purchase and sale of, old junk, etc., in Concord, September 29, 1905, without a license, and was adjudged guilty by the police court. The following facts were agreed to by the parties: Chapter 124, Public Statutes, as amended by chapter 76, Laws of 1905, was in force in Concord, and the defendant had no license thereunder. He had a place of business in Concord, and advertised as a wholesale dealer in scrap iron, old machinery, pipes, rubber, and metals.…

1Opinion of the CourtChase, J.

Section 1 of chapter 124 of the Public Statutes, as amended by chapter 76 of the Laws of 1905, reads as follows: “ Tbe mayor and aldermen of a oity, or tbe selectmen of a town, may license persons,- deemed by them to be suitable, to be dealers in, and keepers of shops for the purchase and sale or barter of, old junk, old metals, old or second-hand bottles, second-hand articles, cotton or woolen mill waste, unfinished cloth, and cotton or woolen mill yarns in an unfinished state, not of family manufacture, within their respective cities or towns, and may determine and designate the place where…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Gundling v. ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
  2. New York Ex Rel. Lieberman v. Van De CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
  3. City of Newton v. JoyceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1896

3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Jordan v. State Board of InsuranceTexas Supreme Court · 1960
  2. State v. KievmanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1933
  3. Taylor v. SmithSupreme Court of Virginia · 1924
  4. State Ex Rel. Altop v. City of BillingsMontana Supreme Court · 1927
  5. Tower Realty, Inc. v. City of East DetroitCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1952

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